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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

135 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001



...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY...

INCLUDING SPRING HILL...WEEKI WACHEE...HERNANDO BEACH...AND 

BROOKSVILLE.



...UNTIL 230 PM EDT.



AT 135 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF FLOODING IN 

HERNANDO COUNTY.  SPECIFICALLY...HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED IN ALONG 

SPRING HILL ROAD...COUNTY LINE ROAD...AND MARINER BOULEVARD IN THE 

SPRING HILL AREA.  STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING WERE 

APPROACHING 4 AND ONE HALF INCHES AT THE HERNANDO COUNTY REGIONAL 

AIRPORT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION 

AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.  THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER 

OFF THROUGH 230 PM...BUT MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THEN AND 

PERHAPS A BIT LATER.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR 

UPDATES.



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LAT...LON 2865 8241 2844 8244 2844 8266 2869 8264



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